Rootin' Tootin Tuesday

Today was a good school day. They usually are, but we've taken our time getting back in the groove with school after the Holidays.

Bible

Luke 8:16-21 The boys and I discussed what a lamp covered vs a lamp on a stand will do. Then, what does it mean to be a light to the world? To be a light? To be a reflection of Christ. Then they drew pictures of lights in the darkness.

Getting into Bible reading has been a long time in coming, but I've bumbled around at how to do it. I'm just doing a little reading and discussion of what we read. It's fast becoming the foundation of our little school and day. I hope it bleeds into the boys' little lives....

Then they prepared for scripture memory work. I'm amazed at what they learn. Joey wants to do Bible quizzing this year. See how that goes!

Math

Joey # 71

Nate works on +7's (challenging for him, think it's working alone that is hard)

Eli works on +3 (easy to the whole worksheet)

Family Presentations

the boys and I made photo collages of photos we took of family camping trips, rehearsed funny stories to tell

LA

Eli read from 100 EZ, penmanship

Nate read from 100 EZ & penmanship

Joe finish up rough draft and get Final done.

After school:

beading

video game time

gymnastics class

Monday

Bible

We read Exodus 17:1-7, a story the kids learned in Sunday School. We talked about needs vs. wants. We prayed, then review memory work for Awanas.

Math

Joe Saxon lesson 70 & multiplication game with mama.

Nate Addition review & practice. Math War with mama & Eli.

Eli Addition & Math War.

Presentation preparation. The kids will bring a treasure in a bag and describe to the class what is inside. The kids will need to remember what clues to give to help make it a fun mystery.

L.A.

Nate Bob Book & 100 EZ Lesson work. He's quickly picking up the pace on his reading. I wonder how I can help him to feel more confident in his reading? He also worked on penmanship while I worked with his brothers

Eli 100 EZ Lessons and penmanship

Joe wrote a rough draft from his story from pictures assignment. Next is adding vocab words, and all our favorite quality tricks to make his writing glow.

CC Review

We did this over lunch, which means we still need to do the Timeline and Geography.

Notes:

We finished Little House on the Prairie this weekend. Started On the Banks of Plum Creek this a.m. The boys were excited to get on to the next adventure. Eli and I began My Father's Dragon too. I'm anxious to do more Outdoor Hour, going to try and get that in this week!

Friday

Happy Birthday Nathan!

For his seventh birthday;

breakfast at Spudnuts, party at Chuck E. Cheese. Good fun!

Thursday

Bible

Luke 8: 1-5

Scripture Memory Work

Math

Joe Lesson # 69

Nate Double Digit Subtraction

Eli Subtraction, Addition

Language Arts

Joe Task Sheets, Write Keyword Outline & assigned sentence

Nate Writing With Ease, 2 Bob Books (Nate is really taking off with reading!!)

Eli Writing With Ease, 100 EZ Lessons

CC

Week 13 Review, Timeline

Wednesday

Wednesday is our day for Classical Conversations.

Today held our usual memory work. In Art, we discusses Rembrandt and drew self portraits. The kids loved this assignment. I may just set them up to do it again this week sometime. In Science we did two experiments that showed the amplititude & frequency of sound vibrations. Very fun stuff!

On a side note, Eli took his hamster for presentations. He began to tell the tale of losing his other hamster (the dog got her) and all the kids were watching the hamster run on her wheel and laughing. He was a little sad the kids weren't listening but the sweet teacher picked up on it and helped him tell the story, tragedy.

In my class we played a geography game, race to find named locations on the map or globe. Nathan LOVED it, which was very unusual for Geo. He usually struggles with Geo and dislikes it as a result. He yelled out "we should do it like this every time!!"

I also have noticed that Joe seems to be a very visual learner. This was something I hadn't before observed, I guess that's the downside to being so close. Anyhow, this sheds light on how I'll be teaching in the future.

Tuesday

Bible Word Study on Work/Lazyness Prov 14:23, Prov 18:9, Prov 10:4

Scripture Memory Work (Awana)

Math Eli Addition Worksheet

Nate Subtraction Worksheet

Joe Completion of #68

LA Joe Mastery Sheets

Nate Bob Book, penmanship

Eli 100 EZ, penmanship

How do I get more penmanship and spelling in? Hmmmm

Monday

A new week, a new Year! This is our first day in the new school room! We are back to school and I'm remembering to ease into it. Just as important as getting back into academics is quick obedience and staying on task when your brother is getting instruction. This takes a little remembering for the boys.

For now our schedule goes like this:

7:00-9:00 Get Dressed, do chores (Mama sneaking back to bed with my coffee & Bible)

9:00 Bible & Scripture Memory Verse

9:30 Math

10:15 Snack & breathe time

10:30 Language Arts

11:30 Memory Work Review; Geography, History, Science, English, Latin, Math & World Time Line

Noon Lunch

12:30 Story of the World Reading

1:00 Finish up any unfinished work

For the rest of the day we'll play, go for a walk, run errands or clean house. This schedule varies each day, and there is Grace All Over It.

For Today:

Bible Luke 6: 24-36

Scripture Memory

Math Joey Lesson #68

Nate Warm up Addition (3 #) and Subtraction

Eli Warm up Addition

* I have ordered & am waiting on new Math curriculum!

L.A. Joey Task Sheets

Eli Lesson in 100 EZ & Penmanship

Nate Bob Book & 100 EZ

We didn't take up our usual hour for LA. Joe will have a lot more work to do beginning Thursday after we go back to CC, and the younger boys will have more as well. We do a slow start today.

CC Week 12 review